Written answers
Tuesday, 17 February 2004
Department of Arts, Sport and Tourism
Consultancy Contracts
10:00 pm
Bernard Durkan (Kildare North, Fine Gael)
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Question 350: To ask the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism the number and nature of the reports, consultancies or other advisory or public relations commissions awarded by his Department in the past five years to those other than established civil servants; the total cost involved; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4562/04]
John O'Donoghue (Kerry South, Fianna Fail)
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The number and nature of the reports, consultancies or other advisory or public relations commissions awarded or paid by my Department since its establishment in June 2002 to those other than established civil servants and the total cost to date involved is set out in the following table:
| Consultants/ Report | Service Provided | Year | Payment â'¬ |
| PricewaterhouseCoopers | Review of Arts Legislation | 2002 | 2,666 |
| Theo Dorgan | Survey of potential Workshops for Artists. | 2002 | 6,000 |
| Richard Wakeley | Commissioner for the Irish Festival of Arts and Culture in China 2004 Contract 18 months €77,000 per annum | 2002-2004 | 115,500 |
| Gearóid Ó Briain | Compliance of projects under Section 481 tax incentive scheme for film production | 2002/3 | 10,000 |
| Eugene Downes | Irish Festival in China Advice on framing of new Internal Arts and Cultural Policy | 2003/4 | 18,000 |
| Donal Shiels | Irish Festival in China Festival Manager Contract Term 15 months Fee €50,000 per annum | 2003/4 | 62,500 |
| Red Dog | Irish Festival in China Provision of Graphic Design Services | 2003/4 | 7,560 |
| Kate Bowe | Irish Festival in China Provision of Public Relations Management Services Contract term 15 months Fee €48,000 per annum | 2003/4 | 60,000 |
| Eamon Fox | Irish Festival in China Provision of Production and Technical Services Contract term 15 months Fee €40,000 per annum | 2003/4 | 50,000 |
| Fiach MacConghail | EU Presidency Cultural Programme Commissioner for the EU Cultural Programme Contract term 11 months | 2002-2004 | 31,200 |
| Fiach MacConghail | Arts Adviser to the Department | 2002-2004 | 54,610 |
| Janice Mc Adam | EU Presidency Cultural Programme Manager Contract term 9 months | 2003/4 | 37,500 |
| Siobhán Colgan | EU Presidency Cultural Programme Public Relations Management Services Contract term 7 months | 2003/4 | 24,400 |
| Peter Sirr | EU Presidency Cultural Programme Curator of Irish literature exhibition in Brussels | 2003/4 | 10,000 |
| Event Ireland Ltd. | EU Presidency Cultural Programme Provision of Exhibition Design and Management Services | 2003/4 | 73,200 |
| Féilte Dhuibh Linne Teo. | EU Presidency Cultural Programme Development and organisation of Presidency Events | 2003/4 | 82,000 |
| Kern European Affairs | To assist in staging the Creative Financing and Music Seminar — 19/20 April 2004 | 2004 | 59,760 |
| Deloitte and Touche | Verification checks on projects under the Cultural Development Incentive Scheme | 2004 | 55,128 |
| Raymond Burke Consulting | External Evaluation of Sports Capital Programme Expenditure Review Report | 2003 | 4,864 |
| Institute of Leisure and Amenity Management (ILAM) | List all public and private sector swimming pool facilities in Ireland | 2004 | 5,000 |
| Capita | Financial Management System V3 Assessment | 2003 | 5,748 |
| Deloitte and Touche | Financial Management System Specification & selection | 2003 | 18,150 |
| Murray Consultants | PR Consultants | 2003 | 54,634 |
| Tourism Policy Review Group | Report of the Tourism Policy Review Group | 2003 | 129,440 |
| Morton Stadium Report | Assessment of the feasibility and cost, including the ongoing running costs, of the Morton Athletic Stadium | 2003 | 10,100 |
| Newmarket Solutions | Provision of advice and assistance in implementing FMS Financial Management System in the National Museum | 2002/3 | 168,063 |
| Drury Communications | Market Research, National Museum | 2002/3 | 76,182 |
| Alf Longhurst | Security assessment and recommendations in relation to the National Museum's collections | 2002 | 1,810 |
| James Kavanagh | Fire safety inspections, advice and training in the National Museum | 2002/3 | 5,173 |
| Achilles Procurement Services | Advice on procurement of security services in the National Museum | 2002/3 | 4,663 |
| Elaine Shields | Report and advice on access by disabled to National Museum | 2003 | 4,250 |
| Aidan Walsh | National Museum Business Planning advice and assistance | 2002 | 10,783 |
| Sutton Vane | Survey and recommendations on light levels in Natural History Museum | 2003 | 11,732 |
| Compas Informatics Limited | Report with recommendations on the generation and storage of both graphical and digital data for the Irish Antiquities Division | 2003 | 5,000 |
| Marketing Edge | Evaluation of service offered to public by National Archives (survey) | 2002 | 2,219 |
| Ergo Consulting Ltd. | Compilation of Safety Statement and production of report for National Archives | 2003 | 2,380 |
| Colman McLaughlin | Enhancement of National Archives Website | 2003 | 7,700 |
| Mahon O'Neill | Media relations to support launch of "Counties in Time" CD | 2003 | 6,331 |
| Mr G. D. Bye | Review of National Library's Newsplan Microfilming Unit | 2002-2004 | 3,929 |
| Higher Education Digitisation Service, University of Hertfordshire | Review of Digitisation in the National Library | 2002-2004 | 10,430 |
| *Change Management Fund |
Expenditure on reports, consultancies and other advisory or public relations commissions is monitored closely in my Department. Such services are only engaged where the required expertise is not available within the Department.
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